Reflective practice continues to gain ground in the health sector and I am here for it. And so are you: this episode on reflective practice is one of our all-time most popular, from more than two and a half years ago. I was recently asked by a listener to rebroadcast this episode, and I’m happy […]
Reflective Practice
Workshop: Improve your medical metaphors
Metaphors are everywhere. And they’re powerful. Multiple studies have proven that they make a difference in how patients think and act. They enhance patient communication. They’re time-saving in their efficiency. The problem is, sometimes they don’t work. There can be cultural mismatches. They can even give patients the wrong impression. And you usually can’t tell […]
Reflection on bias in health: Student-ready resources
Educators, as you prepare for next semester, HCP has student-ready, world-class materials to support reflection on bias in the health sector. Our latest digital download: Addressing Implicit Bias Audiobook Bundle, 2nd Edition As clinicians, health equity scholars, and medical professional societies continue to work toward eliminating racial health inequities, the consequences to health and the […]
Our podcast series turns 3 (and gets a new look)!
We have a reason to celebrate! Our podcast series “10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication” has been around for three full years! This is our 83rd episode and we have more than 40,000 downloads. You go ahead and do the math. It’s a reason to party! And to mark the occasion: we have a new […]
“The things that bring us the most joy:” Stressed Pharmacy students turn to art
This gorgeous photgraph is the cover of the First Volume of the College of Pharmacy Review, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Duluth Campus. (The Second Volume was just published.) A few months back, just as COVID was first hitting the US, I had the pleasure of sitting down for a Skype interview with Julia […]
Why is House Ways and Means Chairman Neal writing to medical leaders?
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal recently wrote a series of letters to the leaders of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Nephrology, and the American Thoracic Society. […]